1885 Yale Bulldogs football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–1
Head coach
  • None
Home stadiumYale Field
Seasons
← 1884
1886 →
1885 college football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Princeton   –   9 – 0 – 0
Michigan   –   3 – 0 – 0
Colorado College   –   1 – 0 – 0
Yale   –   7 – 1 – 0
Cincinnati   –   1 – 0 – 1
Penn   –   8 – 5 – 0
Lafayette   –   3 – 2 – 1
Massachusetts   –   3 – 2 – 1
Johns Hopkins   –   2 – 2 – 0
Richmond   –   1 – 1 – 0
Wesleyan   –   3 – 4 – 0
Navy   –   1 – 2 – 0
Lehigh   –   1 – 5 – 1
Rutgers   –   0 – 1 – 0
Fordham   –   0 – 3 – 0

The 1885 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1885 college football season. The Bulldogs finished with a 7–1 record. The team recorded six shutouts and outscored its opponents by a combined total of 366 to 11. Its only loss was against rival Princeton by a 6–5 score.[1]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 10at Stevens
W 55–0[2]
October 14vs. Wesleyan
W 18–0200[3]
October 283:00 p.m.Wesleyan
W 68–0[4]
October 31at MIT
W 51–0900[5]
November 3Crescent Athletic Club
  • Yale Field
  • New Haven, CT
W 52–0[6]
November 142:00 p.m.at Penn
W 53–5[7][8]
November 212:30 p.m.Princeton
L 5–65,000[9][10]
November 26vs. Wesleyan
W 61–05,000[11][12]

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References

  1. ^ a b "1885 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
  2. ^ "Yale's Big Foot Ball Men Win". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 11, 1885. p. 6. Retrieved March 23, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  3. ^ "Yale's Defeats Wesleyan". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 15, 1885. p. 6. Retrieved March 23, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ^ "Yale College News". New Haven Daily Morning Journal and Courier. New Haven, Connecticut. October 29, 1885. p. 4. Retrieved March 23, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ^ "Techs Vs. Yales". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 1, 1885. p. 6. Retrieved March 23, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. ^ "Yale Wins the Game". The New York Times. November 4, 1885. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "The Football Furore". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. November 14, 1885. p. 3. Retrieved March 23, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  8. ^ "Yale's Big Goal Kickers". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 15, 1885. p. 5. Retrieved March 23, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  9. ^ "Yale Bites The Dust". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 22, 1885. p. 1. Retrieved March 23, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  10. ^ "Princeton Is Champion". The New York Times. New York, New York. November 22, 1885. p. 1. Retrieved March 23, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  11. ^ "Yale Uses Up Wesleyan". The Sun. New York, New York. November 27, 1885. p. 1. Retrieved March 23, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  12. ^ "Yale's Picnic With The Wesleyans". The Daily Inter Ocean. Chicago, Illinois. November 27, 1885. p. 2. Retrieved March 23, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
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